There is still time to arrange a conservation easement and secure its unique tax benefits. ...

Knowing how to read your opponent can be more important than the hand you are dealt. By Jason Kim of Hinshaw & Culbertson....

A particularly offensive method of collecting personal information on the Internet presents legal challenges. By Brian Kabatec...

The Rules of Professional Conduct finally address the issue of subordinate attorneys who feel pressured to act unethically. By...

It's never too late to implement new habits for business development. By Bradley P. Boyer of Ropers, Majeski, Kohn and Bentley...

A Ventura County Superior Court jury on Tuesday awarded nearly $50 million to four plaintiffs, including an ex-California High...

Former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona surrendered to authorities at a minimum-security prison in Colorado Tuesday morning, ...

Several groups asked the governor and attorney general to address the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's re...

Matthew Powers and Weil, Gotshal & Manges won the first round in a patent infringement case before the International Trade...

Hogan Lovells named Stephen Kay, the former general counsel of Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc., managing partner of its Lo...

For years, attorneys from Fisher & Phillips had to drive from the firm's office in Irvine to see clients in Los Angeles. ...

Trademark star Susan Hollander, the longtime co-chair of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips' intellectual property group, left the ...

A federal judge tossed out a lawsuit by an Indian tribe that tried to halt development within the 270,000-acre Tejon Ranch in ...

Speedy trial rules have been suspended for federal criminal defendants in Arizona because of a rare declaration of judicial em...

Unlike her allies fighting Proposition 8, San Francisco Chief Deputy City Attorney Therese M. Stewart isn't urging the state S...

As new rules under federal health care reform take effect requiring health plans to whittle down their administrative bulk, on...

A federal judge has tentatively certified a class action against the Angels baseball team and the city of Anaheim for having t...

Increased enforcement, more resources have contributed to a rise in immigration prosecutions in the Eastern District of Califo...

Sources say Winston & Strawn will make offers to Howrey partners, rather than merge with the firm, as some had suspected. ...

Training as a classical organist and an early job providing music therapy to autistic children showed Court Referee Marilyn Mo...

The decision to lay off public employees, including firefighters, isn't subject to union negotiations, the state Supreme Court...

General Counsel for ZL Technologies Inc. San Jose ...

On Monday, Dean Rudy Hasl snipped the ribbon officially opening the downtown San Diego campus of the Thomas Jefferson School o...

The Southern California Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers honored Los Angeles Superior Judge Scott M. Gor...

Justice is not as elusive as it may seem. By Neil A.F. Popovic of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton. ...

Important insurance cases to take away from 2010. By Kirk Pasich of Dickson Shapiro. ...

The Federal Circuit does not disappoint in a recent case addressing patent damages awards. By Martha K. Gooding of Howrey. ...

Jennifer Granholm, former governor of Michigan, will join the ranks of UC Berkeley as a professor, where she will teach course...

A San Jose federal judge has granted a 45-day stay requested by Hewlett-Packard Co. and plaintiffs in a shareholder lawsuit so...

A federal judge on Monday warned county lawyers to expect serious liability in a case over video surveillance of employees, in...